Tex. Lab. Code § 61.056 · Subchapter D. WAGE CLAIMS
PAYMENT REQUIRED IF HEARING NOT REQUESTED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An employer that does not request a hearing within the period prescribed by Section 61.054 to appeal a preliminary wage determination order shall pay the amount ordered to the commission not later than the 21st day after the date the commission mails notice of the order. The payment must equal the net amount of outstanding wages after any valid deductions and must include an itemized list of those deductions.
(b) Payment to the commission constitutes payment to the employee for all purposes.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 269, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.14(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 378 (S.B. 1408), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LA/htm/LA.61.htm
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